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In this May 22, 2018, photo provided by the Institute for Justice in Arlington, Va., Rustem Kazazi poses for a portrait in Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland. Kazazi, a U.S. citizen who immigrated from Albania in 2005, says in a lawsuit filed Thursday, May 31, 2018, that U.S. agents seized his life savings of $58,000 at the airport in October 2017, and the government has refused to return the money even though Kazazi faces no charges. A spokesman for the Customs and Border Protection said the agency doesn’t comment on pending lawsuits. (Isaac Reese/Institute for Justice via AP)

Immigrant sues US agents for seizing life savings at airport

Living June 7, 2018

A US citizen who immigrated from Albania has accused US Customs and Border Protection of seizing and keeping his life…